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Law’s Doug Smits receives Skadden Fellowship
Doug Smits, third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently awarded the Skadden Fellowship. This prestigious two-year program, which is given to 20-25 recipients annually, provides funding for pursuing public interest projects related to civil legal issues. …
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February 11, 2016
Fueled by demand for senior anti-money laundering/financial crime-prevention professionals
The Case Western Reserve University School of Law is adding a new executive master’s degree program in financial integrity, inspired by increasing demand by financial institutions and government agencies for…
February 10, 2016
Undergraduate Studies will sponsor a pre-law event Friday, Feb. 12, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. The event will feature lawyers working for the following major institutions: University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University Legal Aid The event will be of special…
February 05, 2016
Case Western Reserve graduate Jeff Rice (LAW ’75) will be wearing number 44 when he takes the field Sunday for Super Bowl 50. But don’t look for him to be making plays—he’ll be watching them. The Lyndhurst native is one of seven officials the National Football League named to work the field of…
January 29, 2016
Robert Rapp, adjunct professor of law, presented at the 2015 Longbow Research Compliance Conference in Cleveland last month. His lecture was titled "An Analyst Perspective on Tippee Liability for Insider Trading under the Federal Securities Laws in the Wake of U.S. v. Newman."
January 26, 2016
A new mural in Case Western Reserve’s School of Law melds landmarks across Cleveland on a single canvas teeming with color. But the 4-by-9-foot artwork does more than exhibit regional pride in the atrium of George Gund Hall. Given by the law school’s class of 2015 and crafted by Cleveland School…
January 15, 2016
Health disparities scholar Ruqaiijah A. Yearby starts new role this month
Case Western Reserve University School of Law's first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the school’s inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who…
January 15, 2016
Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, was part of a team of law professors to put forth an amicus brief supporting the petitioners in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a U.S. Supreme Court case that is said to be the most…
January 14, 2016
Starting next fall semester, a new concurrent degree program will allow Case Western Reserve University law students to complete their third year in China, while simultaneously earning an LLM (Master of Laws) degree in Chinese Law at Zhejiang University - Guanghua Law School and a JD from CWRU…
January 11, 2016
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, with a grant from the Ohio Attorney General's Office, will launch a human trafficking law clinic in which students, under faculty supervision, will represent victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. Professors Judith Lipton and Maureen Kenny…
January 08, 2016
In an initiative to make its faculty expertise available to a wider audience, Case Western Reserve University School of Law has introduced a new video podcast series and speakers’ bureau. The video podcast series, “Faculty View from CWRU,” features brief expert commentaries on cutting-edge legal…